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The OLLI Distinguished Speakers Series presents: The Science of Happiness with Prof. Catherine Sanderson
January 7 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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The OLLI Distinguished Speakers Series presents: The Science of Happiness
with Prof. Catherine Sanderson
Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. ET
Online via Zoom
The surprising and not-so-surprising information on the science behind happiness. What role do money, marriage, friends, children, weather, age, and religion play in making us feel happier? Is happiness stable over time? How can happiness be increased? Professor Catherine Sanderson will describe cutting-edge research from the field of positive psychology on the factors that do (and do not) predict happiness, and provide participants with practical (and relatively easy!) ways to increase their own psychological well-being.
Catherine Sanderson is the Poler Family Professor of Psychology at Amherst College. She received a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with a specialization in Health and Development, from Stanford University, and received both masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Princeton University. Her research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health. Professor Sanderson has published over 25 journal articles and book chapters in addition to four college textbooks, middle school and high school health textbooks, as well as the Introduction to Psychology course for The Great Courses. In 2012, she was named one of the country’s top 300 professors by the Princeton Review.
In Partnership with the Berkshire Museum
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Ticket information:
Admission is $10 for OLLI at BCC and Berkshire Museum members, and $15 for the general public.
Admission is free for students, staff and faculty from Berkshire Community College, MCLA, Simon’s Rock, and Williams; youth 17 and under, and those holding WIC, EBT/SNAP, or ConnectorCare cards.
